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IT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Dissent

Paul Sperry reports: Federal authorities are investigating whether sensitive data was stolen from congressional offices by several Pakistani-American tech staffers and sold to Pakistani or Russian intelligence, knowledgeable sources say. What started out 16 months ago as a scandal involving the alleged theft of computer equipment from Congress has turned into a national-security investigation involving…

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NYS State Comptroller DiNapoli audit of City of Yonkers

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Dissent

Well, this sounds like an epic FAIL on the City of Yonker’s part, doesn’t it? City of Yonkers – Information Technology (Westchester County) The IT department’s acceptable computer use policy was not signed or acknowledged by all employees and city officials have also not classified personal, private and sensitive information based on its level of…

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UK: Islington Council faces huge fine after massive data breach hit 90,000 people

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Dissent

A London council has been fined £70,000 after it accidentally published a cache of personal data including medical details, cheques, and even one person’s prison record. Islington’s parking system website published unencrypted personal information of almost 90,000 people, meaning it could be accessed by simply manipulating a URL Read more on Evening Standard.

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CA: Breach of RNC officers’ information in Sunshine List accidental, says privacy commissioner

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Dissent

CBC News reports: The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has concluded that a privacy breach that led to the salary and employee ID information of some Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers being published online earlier this year was accidental. The information was published as part of the 2016 Sunshine list, which listed people who…

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Veterans group sues Pentagon after personal military records exposed

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Dissent

Vera Bergengruen reports: A veterans organization is suing the Pentagon for exposing private details about troops’ military service on “a truly massive scale” due to lax security on one of its websites. […] The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act website, which according to the Pentagon receives more than 2.3 billion searches a year, is mean to…

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State juror pool data breach exposed Social Security numbers

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Dissent

Kieran Nicholson reported: A lapse in security at the Colorado Judicial Department led to information about jurors in Colorado, including Social Security numbers, being exposed on the internet for about a year. The state court administrator’s office was contacted July 27 by a person in Alaska who alerted state officials about the potential for massive…

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